I had tested/used six sets of 1157 LED clusters for the 308 DRL's. All of them ended up as electronic garbage. Click HERE for more info.
The only reason for the failure is that those 1157 LED clusters do not have current limiting circuit hence not suitable for extended use as DRL's.
Finally I found 1157 5W Cree Q5 LED on eBay. The design makes it stand out from the rest.
The 'Projector bulb' comes with double lens for optimum optics.
... and make it 'ngam' with the retrofit HID projector headlight.
The 5W Cree Q5 LED brightness is comparable with the stock 21W tungsten-filament bulb even under bright sunlight .
Picture : comparison amongst the stock 1157 Tungsten-filament DRL, the new 5W Cree Q5 Projector LED and the 'Merc W212-like' LED strips.
Picture : comparison between 'super bright' LED and the new 5W Cree Q5 Projector LED 
19 comments:
uii...terang betul, even stock superbright led pun tak terang camnie, Uncle..did u encounter bulbs faulty alarm when using this led?
No problem as long as the current/wattage is less than the rated value.
e.g
HID is 35W against stock H7 55W halogen.
Cree LED is only 5W against stock 1157 tungsten filament 21W
Very, very cool! Uncle D, coincidentally there is a similar post on the FB 308 group asking about DRL replacement, hope you don't mind I will share the ebay URL and credit you for the link ?
x problem bro. Anybody who x get access to my blog pls send me email for registration.
Thanks uncle D. Will share your blog link and ask interested members to send you a mail for reg.
Hi Uncle!
Have you encountered any led's burning out after few months of having this on? It is as reliable as you mentioned in the blog due to the circuitry? Been looking awhile for the right LED for my DRL on the 308.
Hi Melvin,
Been using those Cree Q5 LEDs for more than 4 months already. No problem so far.
Those Cree LEDs were bought frm USA. About 2x more expensive than equivalent LEDs price frm China. Not sure whether they are the same.
What is the brightness like when parking light is switched on? is it dimmer compare to erl?
Kayeso... when sidelights (parking lights) or/and headlights are switched on the DRLs should be automatically switched off.
Of course the sidelights or parking lights are dimmer than the DRLs.
Thanx. Actually the question is for this led bulb,whether it works like ordinary ori bulb. So it is. Basically it has current limiting circuit Internally for side light to make it dimmer?
There is an internal impedence for the sidelight terminal to make the LED less bright.
tq tq.....
planned to buy the bulb since I'm getting my car this month InsyaAllah.
ahwan - After using it for more than 5 months, do the bulbs still working?
kayeso...did you get the bulbs? The US made ones are out of stock in eBay
kayeso...did you get the bulbs? The US made ones are out of stock in eBay
uncle
hows your cree q5 led drl doing? still going strong?
thanks
So far so good even after 1 yr because I swapped the bulb terminal to the one with a current limiting resistor.
hello nice thread :)
I'm currently looking into DRL LED bulbs for my 2009 Peugeot 308SW, do you remember what you have used for the terminal for current limiting? Is this the same like for canbus error load resistor?
Thank you
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